Transform Your Business While Having Fun
Let loose, bond and learn all at once.
Our services are catered to your individual needs. So, tell us, what are you looking for?
Relax, Laugh & Bond
Communication, Leadership & More
Breathe fresh air into trainings
positivity & Teamwork
Innovation & Creativity
Private Shows & Events
Team Building
Looking for a fun, outside the box training option for your team? Join the Hideout Theatre for a half day of games, laughter and the kind of bonding that comes with meaningful risk and vulnerability. You'll get a taste of the fundamental ideas that allow improvisers to turn a potentially stressful situation into a fun time for everyone. Check out one of our actual trainings here!
Based on your individual needs, our team building workshops create a safe space to learn how to:
• Let loose & have fun
• Bond with colleagues
• Be positive
• Give feedback playfully
• Create a fun and collaborative work environment
• Accept failures and play with risk
• And anything else you might want to work on
Forbes, Why Improv Training
Is Great Business Training
"Studies have shown that people can improve their communication skills and lower their anxiety with regular practice. Improv’s low-stakes training increases the likelihood that team members will feel comfortable communicating in a variety of work situations."
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Professional Development
Give your team the tools they need for your high-performance workplace in a fun and unique way. Improv teaches core skills through maximum engagment. Using games and exercises, we'll share some revolutionary ideas and give you the opportunity to actually experience those ideas in action.
Based on your individual needs, our skill building workshops create a safe space to learn core skills like:
• Leadership ...for your executive management
• Communication ...for your collaborative team
• Affirmation ...for your HR department
• Presentation & Pitch ...for your sales team
• Innovation and Creativity ...for your marketing department
• Playing with Risk ...for your start up
• And anything else you might want to work on
Bloomberg Business, Improv Training Is Making Management Throw Away the Script
"Improv’s promise is that being present will mean noticing more and listening better, which in turn will lead to richer communication and, ultimately, better collaboration and more creativity. That’s the trifecta."
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Engagement & Facilitation
Running a meeting, training or retreat? Let our professionals help you present an experience that's effective, efficient AND entertaining. You bring the content, we'll deliver it. As improv comedians and performers we know what it takes to capture the attention of an audience. As experienced facilitators, we assume the same responsibillity in engaging your team.
Based on your individual needs, our experts can:
• Present your own training materials in an efficient and energetic way
• Emcee your next private event with humor and professionalism
• Host a private improv comedy show catered to your event, team, or personal tastes
• Anything else you might want us to help facilitate
Forbes, Add A Little Laughter In The Workplace To See Big Results
"Recent studies show that employees who believe that their workplaces are innovative and fun not only work harder but maintain greater loyalty towards their organizations for longer periods of time."
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More Info
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Check out our FAQ for more answers to your questions, or contact us!
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If you’d like the executive summary for either yourself or to share with people at work download this PDF.
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Not exactly sure what a session looks like? Check out this outline of a typical training.
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Want to hear what top Austin businesses are saying about our training? Check out testimonials on our team building, professional development and engagement & facilitation!
Check out one of our actual Trainings!
The Hideout Theatre has been offering corporate team building and professional development workshops in this unique, out-of-the-box way since 2005. Still on the fence about whether improv training is actually as fun as it sounds? This video is a sneak peek into one of our events at the office of a premier Austin company!
Charles Limb: Your Brain on Improv
Musician and researcher Charles Limb wondered how the brain works during musical improvisation — so he put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to find out. What he and his team found has deep implications for our understanding of creativity of all kinds.
What could improv do for innovation in your workplace or business?